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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Leroy B. Townsend, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John C. Drach, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to nucleoside analogs that have antiviral activity and improved metabolic stability, compositions comprising them, and methods of antiviral treatment employing them. More particularly, this invention pertains to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine C-nucleosides, as exemplified by compounds such as imidazo[l,2-a]pyridine C5-nucleosides and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine C3-nucleosides, and may be represented by formula (I), wherein exactly one of Q,and Q,is a sugar-like moiety; exactly one of Q,and Q,is —H; and Q,, Q,, Q,and Q,are independently imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine substituents, such as —H, —F, —Cl, —Br and —I.